Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle… — Mary B. Harris Copy Share Image
But what all the violence of the feudal institutions could never have effected, the silent and insensible operation of foreign commerce and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Satan is attacking the great institutions of America. This is a spiritual war. I believe in good and evil. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When… — Jean-Claude Trichet Copy Share Image
“If I have so far argued that Foucault is a kind of closet liberal and thus deeply modern, I need to be… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
The budget targets imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, combined with the effects of the devaluation, trigger the collapse of public investment. — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
This notion that 'what happens in your house doesn't affect what happens in my house' on the subject of the institution of… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
“What we need to make a more decent society is not a few Splendid Samaritans but millions of Minimally Decent Samaritans.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Apparently modern financial regulators are vastly more sophisticated than we were as financial regulators 25 years ago - because we had never… — William K. Black Copy Share Image
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment… — John Peter Altgeld Copy Share Image
When institutions are endowed to train women for all departments connected with the family state, domestic labor, now so shunned and disgraced,… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service. — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love Not… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
We have been using foreign affairs ministries to address security issues, but this practice is outdated. It's time to assign the handling… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
As a moral and social institution, a weekly rest is invaluable. It is a quiet domestic reunion for the bustling sons of… — Robert Dabney Copy Share Image
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, affliction, or infamy. We kill when, because it is easier, we countenance, or… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead. The injury… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from… — Francis Lieber Copy Share Image